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V sredo, 13. junija bo ob 11. uri pred egiptovskim veleposlaništvom na Opekarski cesti 18a v Ljubljani potekal protestni shod za Saro Hegazi.
Akcija, ki poteka v sklopu Prajda za svobodno Palestino, bo izraz solidarnosti z zaprtimi aktivisti za svobodno Palestino in zaporniki vesti v Egiptu ter protest “proti el-sisijevemu diktatorskemu režimu in njegovim kolonialnim patriarhalnim zaveznikom”.
Protest bo potekal tudi v spomin na Saro Hegazi, komunistko in kvir feministko iz Egipta, ki je bila s strani režima zaradi svojega političnega delovanja in zavzemanja za pravice LGBTQ+ skupnosti preganjana, mučena in prisiljena v egzil.
Poziv za akcijo in komunike pobudnic* v celoti objavljamo spodaj. ★
Queers for Free Palestine!
In solidarity with imprisoned free palestine activists in egypt and against the military dictator regime that enables the genocide in gaza and the u.s. imperial affairs in the region.
On the 13th of June at 11:00 we gather in front of the military-based, misogynistic embassy of the al-Sisi fucking dictator regime in Egypt.
On this day, as every year, we gather in and for a stateless, queer, decolonial anger and solidarity. We gather for a stateless solidarity in pride of Sarah Hegazi’s legacy, for the liberation of all prisoners of conscience in Egypt, and for a Free Palestine as a queer feminist revolution.
On the anniversary of Sarah Hegazi, we come together to remember that the oppression we face is not due to a “clash of civilizations,” but rather the enduring continuation of imperialism that entrenched patriarchal and misogynistic regimes across the so-called Middle East like Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s in Egypt.
For years, this military-backed regime has wielded repressive laws to target queer people and women simply for existing. Under these same repressive laws, the al-Sisi dictatorship continues to arrest Free Palestine activists in Egypt.
In 2017, Sarah Hegazi—a lesbian feminist and social writer—raised the LGBTQIA+ flag at a concert in Cairo.
A single photo went viral, and within hours, the misogynistic, chauvinistic, and patriarchal regime of al-Sisi arrested dozens of people, including Sarah, accusing them of “debauchery.”
Enough of violating our bodies. Enough of silencing our existence. Enough of the oppressive military regimes.
In 2020, though Sarah went to the exile in Canada, the al-Sisi-aligned media continued their state-sponsored misogynistic hate campaign against her.
In June 2020, Sarah was murdered by suicide. Her death was not just a personal tragedy but a political murder perpetrated by al-Sisi’s dictatorship, a regime that continues to persecute people in Egypt.
In her final letter, Sarah wrote:
“To my siblings – I tried to survive and I failed, forgive me.
To my friends – the experience was harsh and I am too weak to resist it, forgive me.
To the world – you were cruel to a great extent, but I forgive.”
Rest in power and peace, dear Sarah.
Today, for your legacy, we gather to declare that we will never forget and never forgive until we dismantle al-Sisi’s dictatorial regime and its colonial patriarchal allies.
We will not forgive or forget until all prisoners of conscience are free and liberated in Egypt. The prisoners of conscience include Free Palestine activists who were imprisoned by the Sisi dictatorship for their peaceful protests for Free Palestine in Egypt.
Today, we denounce you, al-Sisi, and your oppressive colonial packed laws that criminalize our existence:
- Law No. 10/1961 on the Combating of Prostitution: Used to prosecute people for “habitual practice of debauchery,” often targeting LGBTQIA+ people.
- Cybercrime Law No. 175/2018: Criminalizes online content that “violates family principles or values,” leading to arrests of women and LGBTQIA+ individuals for social media posts.
- Personal Status Laws: Discriminate against women in matters of divorce, child custody, and inheritance, treating women as legal minors under male guardianship.
- Telecommunication Regulation Law Article 76: Criminalizes the “misuse of telecommunications,” often applied to suppress dissenting voices online.
- Media Censorship: The Supreme Council for Media Regulation bans the appearance of LGBTQIA+ individuals in media, effectively erasing their narratives from public discourse.
Today, we denounce you and uproot your colonial roots from your chauvinist throat. We stand in solidarity with those who have been unjustly arrested and detained:
- April 2024: Egyptian security forces detained 17 activists, including prominent women and human rights defenders, during a peaceful protest outside the UN Women’s Headquarters in Cairo.
- October 2023 – May 2024: Authorities arbitrarily arrested at least 123 individuals for expressing solidarity with Palestine, including women and children. Many remain in pretrial detention on charges related to terrorism and unauthorized gatherings.
- May 2024: Students Mazen Daraz and Ziad Basiouny were detained for participating in a student group supporting Palestine, accused of “joining a terrorist group” and “publishing false news.”
- 2025: Suzy Al Ordoniyya (Maryam El-Dessouki), a 19-year-old TikTok influencer from Cairo, was sentenced to two years in prison and fined EGP 300,000 for allegedly “violating family values” during a livestreamed argument with her father. Although she claimed the broadcast was unintentional, she was detained and later released on bail. Subsequently, she faced additional charges of “joining a terrorist group” and “spreading false news,” despite her content lacking any political nature.
And as we stand here today, we condemn the hypocritical political institutions that cooperate with al-Sisi’s misogynistic regime, such as the recent EU deal with the al-Sisi regime on migration.
We are not surprised by such hypocritical partnerships; we are not surprised, but we condemn and we remind that queer does not belong to states—that queer is deliberately STATELESS.
Today, we commit to dismantling patriarchal regimes by uprooting them from their chauvinistic, imperial, religiously fanatic, and colonial foundations.
Down with imperialism, colonialism, patriarchy, and militarism!
Down with al-Sisi’s misogynistic, military-backed regime!
As queer, as stateless, just as in Free Palestine!
Free, free Palestine! Free, free Palestine!
QUEERS AGAINST CAPITALISM, FASCISM AND WAR
Kviri za svobodno Palestino
v solidarnosti z zaprtimi aktivisti za svobodno palestino v egiptu in proti vojaškemu diktatorskemu režimu, ki omogoča genocid v gazi ter ameriške imperialistične interese v regiji.
13. junija ob 11:00 se zberemo pred egiptovsko ambasado diktatorskega režima al-sisija, utemeljenega v militarizmu in mizoginiji.
na ta dan, kot vsako leto, se zberemo v brezdržavnem, kivrovskem in dekolonialnem besu ter solidarnosti. zberemo se v solidarnosti in ponosu na zapuščino sarah hegazi, za osvoboditev vseh zapornikov vesti v egiptu, za svobodno palestino in kvir feministično revolucijo.
ob obletnici smrti sarah hegazi se zberemo in spomnimo, da zatiranje, s katerim se soočamo, ni posledica “spopada civilizacij”, ampak nadaljevanje imperializma, ki je utrdil patriarhalne in mizogine režime po tako imenovanem bližnjem vzhodu, kot je režim abdel fattah al-sisija v egiptu.
leta 2017 je sarah hegazi, lezbična feministka in družbeno kritična pisateljica, dvignila lgbtqia+ zastavo na koncertu v Kairu.
po objavi ene same fotografija je mizogini, šovinistični in patriarhalni režim al-sisija v nekaj urah aretiral množico ljudi, vključno s sarah, in jih obtožil “razvrata”.
dovolj je zatiranja naših teles. dovolj utišanja našega obstoja. dovolj je zatiralskih vojaških režimov.
čeprav je sarah odšla v izgnanstvo v kanado, so mediji, povezani z al-sisijem, nadaljevali svojo državno sponzorirano mizogino sovražno kampanjo s proti njej.
junija 2020 je sarah s samomorom ubil režim. njena smrt ni bila le osebna tragedija, ampak politični umor, ki ga je povzročil al-sisijev diktatorski režim, ki še naprej preganja ljudi v egiptu.
v svojem zadnjem pismu je sarah zapisala:
“mojim sorojenx – poskušala sem preživeti in nisem uspela, odpustite mi.
mojim prijateljx – izkušnja je bila kruta in prešibka sem, da bi se ji uprla, odpustite mi.
svetu – bil si zelo krut, a ti odpuščam.”
počivaj v moči in miru, draga sarah.
danes, za tvojo zapuščino, se zbiramo in obljubljamo, da nikoli ne bomo pozabilx in nikoli odpustilx, dokler ne porušimo al-sisijevega diktatorskega režima in njegovih kolonialnih patriarhalnih zaveznikov.
ne bomo odpustilx ali pozabilx, dokler ne bodo vsi zapornix vesti, zaprti v egiptu, svobodni in osvobojeni. med zapornix vesti so tudi aktivistx za svobodno palestino, ki jih je al-sisijev režim zaprl zaradi protestov za svobodno palestino v egiptu.
danes te obsojamo, al-sisi, in tvoje zatiralske kolonialne zakone, ki kriminalizirajo naš obstoj:
- zakon št. 10/1961 o boju proti prostituciji, ki se porablja za pregon ljudi zaradi “običajne prakse razvrata”in pogosto targetira kvir osebe.
- zakon o kibernetskem kriminalu št. 175/2018, ki kriminalizira spletne vsebine, ki “kršijo družinske principe ali vrednote”, kar vodi v aretacije žensk in kvir oseb zaradi objav na družbenih omrežjih.
- zakoni o osebnem statusu, ki diskriminirajo ženske v postopkih ločitve,skrbništva nad otroki in dedovanja ter ženske obravnavajo kot pravne mladoletnice pod moškim skrbništvom.
- zakon o regulaciji telekomunikacij, člen 76, ki kriminalizira “zlorabo telekomunikacij” in se pogosto uporablja za zatiranje nasprotnix režima na spletu
- cenzura medijev: vrhovni svet za medijsko regulacijo prepoveduje pojav kvir oseb v medijih in učinkovito briše njihov obstoj iz javnega diskurza.
danes te obsojamo in izkoreninjamo tvoje kolonialne korenine iz tvojega šovinističnega grla. stojimo v solidarnosti s tistimi, ki so bilx aretiranx in pridržanx:
- april 2024: egiptovske varnostne sile so med miroljubnim protestom pred sedežem un women v kairu pridržale 17 aktivistx, vključno z znanimi ženskami in zagovornicami človekovih pravic.
- oktober 2023 – maj 2024: oblasti so samovoljno aretirale vsaj 123 posameznix zaradi izražanja solidarnosti s palestino, vključno z ženskami in otroki. mnogi ostajajo v priporu zaradi obtožb, povezanih s terorizmom in nepooblaščenimi zborovanji.
- maj 2024: študenta mazen daraz in ziad basiouny sta bila pridržana zaradi sodelovanja v študentski skupini, ki podpira palestino, obtožena “pridružitve teroristični skupini” in “objavljanja lažnih novic”.
- 2025: suzy al ordoniyya (maryam el-dessouki), 19-letna tiktok influencerka iz kaira, je bila obsojena na dve leti zapora in kaznovana s 300.000 EGP (egiptovskih funtov) zaradi domnevnega “kršenja družinskih vrednot”, ker je live-streamala prepir z očetom. čeprav je trdila, da je bil prenos nenameren, je bila pridržana in kasneje izpuščena z varščino. temu so sledile dodatne obtožbe:”pridružitev teroristični skupini” in “širjenja lažnih novic”, čeprav njene vsebine niso imele politične narave.
in ko danes stojimo tukaj, obsojamo hinavske politične institucije, ki sodelujejo z al-sisijevim mizoginim režimom, kot je nedavni dogovor eu z al-sisijevim režimom o migracijah.
nismo presenečenx nad takšnimi hinavskimi partnerstvi. nismo presenečenx, a obsojamo in opozarjamo, da kvir ne pripada državam – kvir je namerno BREZDRŽAVEN.
danes se zavezujemo, da bomo porušilx patriarhalne režime in jih izkoreninilx iz njihovih šovinističnih, imperialističnih, versko fanatičnih in kolonialnih temeljev.
dol z imperializmom, kolonializmom, patriarhatom in militarizmom!
dol z mizoginim, vojaško podprtim režimom al-sisija!
za kvir, za konec držav, za svobodno palestino!
free, free palestine! free, free palestine!
